Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 167 Master, who is right and who is wrong?
In the early morning of the next day, Shen Chen took a bath and burned incense, and changed into a clean Confucian uniform. The upper body was still loose-fitting and long-sleeved, while the lower body was made of silk, wearing a satin cloak.

In ancient times, unless it was extremely urgent or the relationship was particularly good, you could directly visit the door, and there were certain procedures for visiting at other times.

For example, when visiting, you must first send someone to send a famous card, so that the host can prepare in advance.

So yesterday Shen Chen wrote a letter to Liu Biao and told him about it, and Liu Biao sent someone to tell him that there will be a banquet at the mansion at noon tomorrow, and he was asked to attend on time at noon.

There are also banquet rules when attending banquets. The Han Dynasty paid the most attention to appearance. If the appearance was not good, it would be unruly and unruly at best, or disheveled and unkempt, which was disliked by celebrities at that time.

Therefore, after eating a little something in the morning, it is necessary to tidy up your appearance.Even make-up, incense, and disheveled hair are required. Participating in such a large banquet is indeed rather cumbersome.

At the end of the morning, Shen Chen went out in a carriage and came to the market on Xiangyang's main road.

"Hubing, fresh Hubing, come and have a taste."

"Hot pancakes."

"Delicious Hunton, delicious Hunton. There are also steamed cakes, soup cakes, and crescent moon dumpling."

"Spices from Cochin, as well as ivory and Shu brocade, let's take a look."

"Rice cake, rice cake, fresh rice cake!"

The streets and alleys of Xiangyang City are already very lively at this time, there are many shops in the streets and alleys, countless pedestrians, restaurants, incense shops and cloth shops, the signboards are fluttering in the wind, and the bamboo horses are ringing.

On the crowded streets, there are also hawkers walking in the streets, going to and fro, and hawking along the streets, which jointly build the prosperity of this city.

Amidst the cries of selling, Shen Chen's carriage slowly passed through the downtown area and headed towards the General's Mansion.

It is not surprising that people like him who travel in carriages are on the street every day.

But the problem is that the carriages in the Han Dynasty did not have carriages, so people could see the people sitting in the carriages.

A famous scholar sitting on the street is eating crescent moon chaos, which is dumplings.

To the north of Xiangyang is Nanyang, and to the south is Nanjun.The farming structure of Nanyang is the same as that of the Central Plains, with summer millet and winter wheat, while Nanjun mainly uses rice from the Dongting Lake Basin in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

So Xiangyang is at the junction of north and south food cultures, and there are people who eat pasta and rice in the city.

The man picked up the dumplings with chopsticks. It is a beautiful thing to eat a bowl of hot dumplings on the street in winter, but it was too hot. When the dumplings fell into the bowl, the soup splashed and flew to the man. face.

He turned his head, trying to cover his face with his sleeves, and then wiped it off with the sackcloth he was wearing.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw a stout young man in Confucian uniform sitting cross-legged on the carriage behind him, who was less than two meters away from him.

"Shen Chenchen!"

The scholar couldn't help screaming.

Back then, he went to Longzhong Township with his fellow disciples to denounce Shen Chen, and he will never forget this masculine youthful face for the rest of his life.

"Shen Chen, where are you?"

"He is back?"

"there!"

Several friends who were traveling with the scholar suddenly exclaimed, and looked towards the carriage not far away.

Immediately afterwards, one spread ten, ten spread one hundred, and the whole article was a sensation.

Many people started to put down their work and the goods they were still selling, they forgot to shout, they forgot to buy and sell, and they looked over curiously.

Although it didn't cause any large-scale crowds to watch, the common people and scholars all looked at him one by one, which was very uncomfortable.

Shen Chen looked around at every passing Xiangyang commoner.

They all stopped and watched the carriage pass by them, and waited for everyone who looked at him to meet his eyes, and then pretended to avoid their eyes inadvertently.

The originally bustling street was much quieter, and even the carriages passing by on the opposite side stopped one after another to make way for him.

This kind of situation is quite a bit like "Famous teachers and generals should not be imprisoned, thousands of troops should avoid green robes".

"Uncle Qi, Uncle Pi."

Shen Chen sat on the carriage without looking sideways, and asked the drivers Shen Qi and Deng Pi, "Am I famous now?"

The two of them are offshoots of the Second Clan of Deng and Chen, and they are currently working as guards at Deng Hong's residence. When Shen Chen was in Longzhong Township, they were the two of them who protected them. Be a guard.

Hearing his words, Deng Pi grinned: "It's not just famous, it's a bad name. In the past month, your story has been sung throughout Xiangyang."

"Yes, yes, the young man of the Shen family saw through Cao Cao's true nature of holding the emperor hostage, and followed the clothes and orders to hunt down the thieves. He came to Xudu three times, burned the city, defeated Cao Cao repeatedly, and pursued the "unity of knowledge and action."

Shen Qi echoed again and again: "Anyway, Ah Chen, I don't understand what you said before, "knowledge and action are one", but now the whole Xiangyang says that you will do what you say, keep promises, and say that you will go to Luo with your sword to seek justice for the people of the world. You really went."

Deng Pi also said: "Not only that, people say that you killed tens of thousands of Cao Jun's troops for several days and nights without blinking an eye. .”

"Harmful"

Shen Chen couldn't laugh or cry, but he didn't expect to be so famous.

He debated many times with the Jingzhou capitulators. In his generous speech, he said that if Cao Cao bullied the emperor, he would go to Luo with his sword and ask Cao Cao for justice.

Most people in Jingzhou at that time took this as a joke, only Shen Chen himself said "the unity of knowledge and action" over and over again.

In the past three or four years, no one has taken it seriously.

As a result, he really did this today, and he did it very well. He faced Yingchuan three times and set fire to Xudu.

Now it seems that all the people in Xiangyang are staring at themselves in a daze, probably one of them, everyone thinks you are bragging, how did you really do it?This mentality.

Mostly, the so-called words do what they say, promises are worth a thousand dollars, just like "Shen Chen is able to deal with this person, and he will really do it if something happens" and "You have to keep your word when you come out to mess around. If you say you want to kill Cao Cao, you really want to kill Cao Cao." belong to the same nature.

To sum it up, Shen Chen is personally a werewolf, a little more than a ruthless person.

And if he said he wanted to trouble you, Cao Cao, he would really go there. If he gets upset one day, wouldn't he say he would kill your whole family?
Can't be bothered.

So everyone who looked at him, even if Shen Chen didn't show a fierce expression or sharp eyes, they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at each other. Even their voices became much quieter, and the whole street became quiet.

Especially those scholars who debated with Shen Chen back then, and those who insulted him, even hid their heads low, for fear of being recognized by him.

That's really scary.

Only Shen Chen didn't expect that he originally wanted to accumulate talent and fame in Jingzhou, a place where literature flourishes, but now he has gained a fierce reputation, which is very surprising.

But it doesn't matter, don't the world think that the most holy teacher Confucius is a famous educator, thinker, and founder of Confucianism?
But according to historical records, Confucius was nine feet six inches tall, with explosive muscles all over his body, and he could lift the city gate with his bare hands.He walks like flying under his feet, and runs faster than a rabbit. The six arts of a gentleman, the way of archery and imperial defense are not to mention.

Therefore, a real hunk should study hard and become a thinker and educator in the future to educate others. If others listen to education, then he can teach a child. If others don’t listen to education, then raise the sword in his hand and strangle him by the collar Convince people with physics.

The carriage passed through the busy city slowly, and walked towards the Hussar General's Mansion.

Until the vehicle left the street, many people on the street breathed a sigh of relief, what should everyone do, and the prosperity and excitement just now resumed.

But the topic changed immediately.

Someone said: "Shen Xiaolang is probably famous in Jingzhou now. Wen Neng's words made the Confucians speechless, and Wu Neng went north to burn Xudu. This kind of prestige is enviable."

"I can't be envious."

The person next to him said: "Which one of these did not come here with his life? Just to learn Confucianism, he is proficient in all the seven classics and six righteousness, and he has to debate with great Confucians. He is not a genius, who can do it? Not to mention leading soldiers to fight , took Xudu directly, and defeated Cao's army by tens of thousands of horses."

"That's true. Actually, I still admire Shen Xiaolang's saying of "integration of knowledge and action", and he has indeed achieved this. It is rare to see a person like Shen Xiaolang who follows his word and understands righteousness."

"I heard that he opened a school in Longzhong Township. I don't know if he will continue to teach after he comes back. I also want to send my nephew there. Even if I can't be as good at both civil and military as he is, as long as I can be a disciple under him it is good."

"Don't think about it. It is said that in recent days, those great Confucian scholars who did not agree with Shen Xiaolang either went north to vote for Cao Cao, or went south to Lingling after hearing the Yidai Zhao. Now there is no one in Jingzhou to talk about it. What are you saying that Cao Cao is a minister capable of governing the world?"

"With such a remarkable achievement, it seems that Shen Xiaolang is about to soar into the sky."

"The future is terrifying."

The crowd talked a lot, and the voice of praise was endless.

Now the entire Jingzhou public opinion trend has begun a 180-degree reversal.

The first is the clothing belt edict incident, which caused Cao Cao's "serving the emperor to ask for disobedience" directly changed to "holding the emperor to order the princes".

Secondly, Shen Chen led his troops to the north, beheaded dozens of famous generals of the Cao army in several battles, entered and exited three times in Yingchuan, burned Xudu, and became famous all over the world in an instant.

The consequence of these two things is that the legitimacy and legitimacy of Cao Cao's use of Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, has been greatly reduced, and his personal prestige and people's expectations of him have also been greatly reduced.

However, Shen Chen's personal prestige has reached an extremely high level. The comparison between the two naturally changed the direction of public opinion in Jingzhou.

Now Liu Biao is grinning from ear to ear, which is also caused by this trend of public opinion.

Soon Shen Chen's chariot and horse arrived in front of General Hussar's mansion.

At this moment, the gate of the mansion was opened, and many soldiers lined up at the gate. Liu Biao's confidant Cheng Qi was waiting at the gate. Seeing Shen Chen's arrival, he rushed forward and said, "General."

"Engaged."

Shen Chen got off the carriage, saluted very politely and said, "I wonder if you're late?"

Cheng Qi smiled and said, "It's not too late, come in quickly."

"Thank you for your work."

Shen Chen swaggered forward and walked slowly into the courtyard.

Entering the courtyard, passing through two basketball court-sized outer courtyards, and then passing the screen wall, you will arrive at the outer courtyard, and then through the outer courtyard, you can already see the central hall.

At the moment, the middle hall was bustling with people, except Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and other high-ranking officials in Jingzhou, as well as Liu He, Liu Xian, Deng Hong, Wen Ying, Liu Guan and other hussar generals. In addition to engaging in business, there are a large number of guests and other officials.

For example, Song Zhong, Qi Wukai, Wang Can, Fu Xun, Du Kui, Meng Yao, Xu Si, Lai Gong, Hu Fu, Liu Rui, Han Xuan, Zhao Fan, Liu Du and other officials engaged in disciples and guests as many as 30 People hold a banquet.

"General Shen is here!"

The servant at the door shouted so loudly that it could be heard all over the hall.

At this time, Liu Biao hadn't arrived yet, and the others had already come first. Hearing this sentence, they all looked at the gate.

I saw a young man with a tall figure and a resolute face slowly walking into the hall. He is seven feet eight inches tall, although his appearance is not particularly handsome, he is very masculine and has a bit of vigor.

He stepped into the hall and stood awe-inspiring, facing everyone's eyes, without any sign of stage fright, just glanced around, and suddenly saw a figure, he was shocked.

Then everyone saw him walking slowly, walking slowly to the desk of the great Confucian Song Zhong, the dean of Xianshan Academy, bowed and bowed to him, and said loudly, "Disciple Shen Chen, pay respects to Master!"

The hall was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop. Many Jingzhou officials and guests under Liu Biao's family watched this scene with great interest.

The whole Jingzhou knows about their master-student relationship.

At the beginning, Song Zhong was also Xiang Cao, and had a disagreement with Shen Chen. In the end, the conflicts between the two parties were irreconcilable. Song Zhong chose to let Shen Chen go down the mountain, saying that he could no longer teach Shen Chen, and the master and apprentice parted ways.

Although Song Zhong wasn't unfeeling at that time, he only declared that Shen Chen came out of the mountain after his studies, not expelled from the teacher's school, but in that case, it was no different from being expelled from the teacher's school.

Now the facts proved that Shen Chen was right.

Cao Cao imprisoned the emperor, forcing the emperor to issue an imperial edict to Dong Chengzhong, Liu Bei and other ministers for help.

The rumor that he was a loyal minister was self-defeating and slapped many people in the face.

Now that Shen Chen has achieved fame, he has also fulfilled his promise to go up to Luo with his sword and seek justice for the people of the world.

At this moment when he came back from the Northern Expedition, he stood in front of Song Zhong and bowed his hands to see Master, so it seemed like he was asking: Master, who was right and who was wrong about what happened back then?
The arena was silent.

No one spoke.

Let them solve the matters between their master and apprentice.

just.

Faced with this dilemma.

I don't know Old Master Song, how should I deal with it?
Everyone watched.

Only Song Zhong's face was flushed, he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear the shame, and the incident of the clothes belt edict severely slapped him in the face of promoting Cao Cao's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

So at this moment, when I heard that Liu Biao was summoned, I didn't want to come, but I had no choice but to be forced to come by Liu Biao. Now that I have come, I can only accept the fact that I am being educated by my own students.

His whole body seemed to be ten years old, and he was slumped. At the end, he sighed and said softly: "Ah Chen, it's my teacher's fault."

At that moment, when Shen Chen saw Shijun's face, there seemed to be a trace of relief, a trace of relief, a trace of joy, a trace of melancholy and a sigh.

Although he was blind, he mistook Cao Cao.

But at least he has taught a good student, and he has gone to the north alone, becoming famous all over the world!

(End of this chapter)